University of Texas

News about University of Texas, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 26, 2015

Monte Burke sports article recounts details of failed campaign to lure University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban to University of Texas in 2013. MORE

Feb. 13, 2015

Investigation commissioned by University of Texas Board of Regents finds handful of applicants are approved each year at direction of school president over objections of admissions office; finds instances of such influence peddling by outgoing president William C Powers Jr have grown more numerous in recent years. MORE

Dec. 24, 2014

Stanford knocks off No 9 Texas, 74-71, in overtime; other college basketball scores noted. MORE

Sep. 18, 2014

Texas junior quarterback David Ash decides that he will no longer play football after struggling with the effects of multiple concussions; other college football news noted. MORE

Aug. 12, 2014

Texas House panel votes to censure regent Wallace L Hall of University of Texas System for misconduct and incompetency regarding his efforts to push out William C Powers Jr, president of flagship campus in Austin, but decides not to push for his removal. MORE

Aug. 4, 2014

Adm William H McRaven, who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and has worked almost exclusively on secret operations, will move into a field where openness is prized, as chancellor of the University of Texas; move will throw McRaven into Texas politics, where battles have raged among allies of Gov Rick Perry, college regents, alumni and state legislators for years. MORE

Jul. 30, 2014

University of Texas regents select military special operations leader Adm William H McRaven as the lone finalist for job of chancellor, overseeing system’s 15 campuses and $14 billion budget. MORE

Jul. 25, 2014

Two University of Texas football players are charged with felony sexual assault after student accuses them of raping her in June. MORE

Jul. 10, 2014

Agreement between Francisco Cigarroa, chancellor of University of Texas, and president William Powers Jr allows Powers to keep his job until he formally resigns in June 2015; he was threatened with firing in a long-simmering clash over turf, personality and ideology that has roiled state's political establishment and highlighted questions about direction of public universities. MORE

Jun. 17, 2014

Texas beats Louisville, 4-1, in elimination game in the College World Series of baseball. MORE

May. 18, 2014

University of Texas is trying for the first time to answer question of why a student's chances of graduation seems to depend largely on their parents' income; effort to help low-income students succeed will put emphasis addressing their doubts, misconceptions and fears, as well as financial and academic obstacles. MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

Jan. 27, 2014

Story of Haley Berg, high-school freshman who has already accepted soccer scholarship to the University of Texas, illustrates intensifying competition for top players that has led recruiters to focus on ever-younger girls; many coaches and parents worry about the physical and psychological toll that trend, among other sports as well, may take on youngsters. MORE

Jan. 7, 2014

Harvey Araton On College Football column holds that racial barriers never seem to fall fast enough, but Charlie Strong now holds one of the top coaching positions in college football as new head coach at Texas; Strong, who is African-American, says he sees himself less as a minority crusader, but more as a mainstream coach. MORE

Dec. 31, 2013

University of Oregon defeats University of Texas, 30-7, in Alamo Bowl; other college football scores noted. MORE

Sep. 28, 2013

Top University of Texas booster Tom Hicks, who arranged a telephone conversation with Alabama Coach Nick Saban’s agent, says the talk lasted 45 minutes and that the agent was asked whether Saban would be interested in coaching the Longhorns. MORE

May. 28, 2013

Supreme Court is poised to rule on whether University of Texas can continue to consider race as one of many factors in its admissions policy; it is a case that could have profound impact on race-based affirmative action programs, and it has reignited discussion of how much progress minorities, blacks in particular, have made in integrating into some of the most sought-after professions. MORE

Mar. 17, 2013

Former University of Texas women's track coach Bev Kearney files race and gender discrimination complaints against the university; Kearney, who is black, resigned in January as Texas prepared to fire her for an inappropriate relationship with one of her athletes in 2002; Texas later revealed that assistant football coach Major Applewhite, who is white, was allowed to keep his job after having inappropriate relationship with a student trainer. MORE

Feb. 4, 2013

University of Texas regents orders review of policies on inappropriate relationships between employees and students. MORE

Nov. 23, 2012

Apr. 2, 2012

Admissions process at the University of Texas is notoriously opaque, based on a principal known as holistic review that takes into account test scores, socioeconomic status, activities, as well as race and ethnicity; criticisms of the policy vary, with black and Hispanic students saying it favors those from private and elite high schools, and wealthier white students contending it favors minorities. MORE

Feb. 22, 2012

Supreme Court's decision to hear a case involving race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas thrusts affirmative action back into the public and political discourse after years in which it had mostly faded from view; both supporters and opponents of affirmative action say they see the decision, and the change in the court's makeup in since it last considered the issue, as a signal that the court's five more conservative members might be prepared to do away with racial preferences in higher education. MORE

Nov. 20, 2011

Texas A&M and Texas are preparing for last scheduled football game of their storied rivalry, which has captivated state's fans since 1894; A&M is leaving Big 12 for Southeastern Conference, and Texas says its nonconference schedule is booked through 2018. MORE

Sep. 19, 2011

Major obstacles remain before possibility that Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State could become members of Pacific-12 college football conference. MORE

Sep. 6, 2011

Texas coach Mack Brown would prefer that Big 12 conference remains intact, but is not optimistic that will happen; calls himself as clueless as everyone else about realignments reshaping college football, but expresses confidence that Texas will land in conference that wants them. MORE

Sep. 5, 2011

Analysis; University of Texas emerges as key player in realignment of college football conferences, with Longhorns weighing three options: abandon Big 12 to join Pacific-12, become independent, or stay in Big 12 and try to hold conference together. MORE

Aug. 30, 2011

Garrett Gilbert is named Texas starting quarterback in college football season opener against Rice. MORE

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The court has agreed to take another look at a challenge to the use of race in admissions decisions by the University of Texas at Austin, reviving a challenge to affirmative action in higher education.